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Charles Stinson

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STINSON, SIR CHARLES ALEXANDER KBE, OBE, CMG JP. (June 22, 1919 — November 02, 1989) Director / Managing Director / Chairman – Stinsons Limited City Councillor and Businessman 1947-1959 Mayor Suva City Council 1959-1966 Member, Fiji Legislative Council 1966-1970 Member, The Fijian Parliament 1970-1982 Minister for Works, Communications, and Civil Aviation and Minister for Finance Chairman Fiji Visitors Bureau Chairman Fiji Fire Brigade War Service Medals Fiji Independence Medal Fiji … [Read more...] about Charles Stinson

Arthur Ackland

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ACKLAND, ARTHUR BELL (HOP) ED MBE OBE (September 06, 1894 — July 22, 1971) Fiji Constabulary 1915 World War I 1916-1919 Colonial Secretary's Office 1919 Lieutenant, Fiji Defence Force, 1920 Dept of Agriculture 1920-1938 Produce Inspector 1931-1941 Commanded 1st Battalion, Fiji Labour Corps, 1942-45 Native Land Trust Board 1945 Started Fiji Banana Ventures 1950-1959 Left Fiji for Auckland, NZ 1959. By Jim Ackland from the book The Acklands of Fiji by Betty Hunt (nee … [Read more...] about Arthur Ackland

Don Lane

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LANE, DON (May 05, 1922 — January 17, 2011) Hotel Manager and Administrator Secretary & Board Member, Fiji Visitors Bureau Secretary and president of the Fiji Hotels Association and PATA Board Member, Fiji National Training Council Board Member, Fiji Employers Federation Sportsman, Sailor, Boatman, Fisherman and lover of all things about the seas and ocean around Fiji. By Wendikae Lane-Chan. My Dad, Don Lane, was one of five children, born in Levuka in 1922.  He grew up in … [Read more...] about Don Lane

Michael Bransfield

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BRANSFIELD, MICHAEL FR. S.M. (June 29, 1926 — August 04, 2009) Marist Father and Parish Priest The Catholic Church, Society of Mary Instrumental in the formation of the Tutu Training Centre on Taveuni Worked with the Marriage Encounter Movement Ran The Altar Boys Sodality, The Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva. By R A B (Tony) Snowsill. Father Michael Bransfield was a member of the Marist Fathers and spent his priestly life in Fiji after arriving from Ireland on October 31, 1951. He … [Read more...] about Michael Bransfield

Jabez Bryce

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BRYCE, JABEZ LESLIE ARCHBISHOP (January, 1935 — February 11, 2010) Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia The Episcopal Church. By R A B (Tony) Snowsill. Jabez Leslie Bryce was born in Vava'u Tonga in 1935 of mixed Scottish-Samoan-Tongan parentage. He was reared in Samoa, and trained for the ministry in New Zealand. Ordained in 1962, he served the diocese in Fiji throughout his ordained ministry. The first Pacific Islander elected as Bishop of Polynesia, The Episcopal Church, … [Read more...] about Jabez Bryce

Don Aidney

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AIDNEY, CYRIL DONALD (DON) DFC, OBE, CF. (December 08, 1923 — July 08, 2007) Director / Managing Director / Chairman - Williams & Gosling Limited Senior Resident Partner, Wilberfoss & Aidney (then Arthur Young), Chartered Accountants Company Director Member, Fiji Legislative Council Senator, The Fijian Senate (1992-1999). By David Aidney. Cyril Donald Aidney was born in Tonga in 1923. He lived in Fiji since the mid 1930’s, except for a break of five years or so with the … [Read more...] about Don Aidney

Tony Moore

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MOORE, JOHN ANTHONY (TONY) O.B.E. (December 02, 1908 — March 15, 1994) Superintendent, Royal Fiji Police Force Awarded the Colonial Police Medal New Business Manager and Deputy General Manager, CML Member, Fiji Legislative Council Senior Active Rotarian - Original Suva Club Champion Athlete and Fiji Rugby Captain Olympic & Commonwealth Games Fiji Sports Administrator Fiji Olympic Order. By John Anthony Eyre 'Tony Junior' Moore. John Anthony Moore was born in Labasa on 2nd … [Read more...] about Tony Moore

Tavua Johnson

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JOHNSON, WILLIAM HENRY "TAVUA" (April 10, 1862 — 1962) Pioneer Island Trader Property Developer Ship Owner Planter Authority on Poker Member, Suva Town Board. By David Johnson.   The description of WH Johnson following is largely taken from the memoirs of Tui Johnson (“70 years and 1 month”) written in about 1975. For those who have read this, I apologise for the large chunks that have fallen without edit straight into this description.  However that the reader will be … [Read more...] about Tavua Johnson

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